This drove his suppressed rage and despair to explode in front of his father's face.
Callom knew that if not for William, his beloved daughter wouldn't have gone down there to face danger.
He didn't care about any logic. He didn't consider any reason. When things ca down to his daughter, he used to act in such an illogical way.
"Patriarch, patriarch… Urgent news!" Just when the old father was trying to control his enraged son, soone from the clan hurried towards their location.
Seeing his face, everyone here recognised who he was.
"Butler Lude, what news do you have?" The patriarch had tons of bad news already, making him unable to expect anything good.
What would be more urgent than the current dire situation the entire clan and his family was facing?
"I got a ssage, left over by the little miss," the butler called Lude wasn't initially part of the clan. Yet on one of the many adventures of the old patriarch outside, he t him accidentally and saved his life.
Acknowledging his potential abilities, the old man decided to recruit him into the clan to act as his family's butler.
"A ssage? Tell what she said right away," the old patriarch's face changed. And he wasn't the only one to show the sa reaction. Everyone presented here had the sa change, including the enraged Callom.
"She… Left a written ssage." Unlike what everyone expected, the butler took out a yellow paper and handed it over to the old patriarch.
"This…" Berry's grandfather held the ssage in his hand while the look on his face was quite unsightly.
"Father… She left a will! A will! A f*cking damn will! I dare anyone to stop or stand in my path. I'll kill whoever dares to do so!'' At this mont, and just while the old patriarch was reading the ssage left by his granddaughter, Berry's father bellowed in such a storm of rage and was about to jump off the walls.
"Stop saying nonsense, will you? Or else I swear I'll teach you a lesson in front of everyone in the clan when this is over! No, I'll do it right now if you dare to move a finger!"
Unlike what everyone expected, the old man shouted in such annoyance and anger without lifting his eyes off the paper.
Everyone jumped to the sa conclusion as Berry's father. A ssage was delivered in such a tily manner that ant only one thing for all of them… It was a will, the last words left by one who planned to die.
However, this was a conclusion that was way off the mark from all of them! Even the old man holding the paper held the sa bad conclusion before reading the content of the ssage.
He recognised the handwriting of his beloved granddaughter from the first glance. That small and neat handwriting was sothing he'd never fail to recognise anywhere, anyti.
"Dear grandfather… By the ti this ssage reaches you, I'll be fighting for the survival of the clan…" the beginning of the ssage left the heart of the old man shuddering into many pieces.
These words, which told him the state of mind his beloved granddaughter now held, were too harsh and much more painful than fighting the grand army of monsters down below alone.
It was a perfect start of a last will and words indeed. However, starting from the next words, he couldn't help but get shocked.
"... I'm writing this to you under the request of brother William. He asked to send you this ssage and inform you to not move when the big scarlet bears appear…"
"This damn brat!" reaching here, the old patriarch couldn't help but fu in rage and impatience. As he thought, William could recognise the identity of their incoming terrifying enemies.
Just like everyone presented here, they could see the scary signs of the gigantic and brutal scarlet bears that were coming towards their clan and causing such fierce dust clouds and shaking the entire forest.
The scary thing wasn't that they were the scarlet bears, but they ca in large numbers unlike usual. The old patriarch knew how hard it was to deal with a single group of thousands of them. And now he estimated that at least hundreds of thousands were coming towards the clan.
It was futile to win this without any miracle.
However, when he continued reading, his eyes couldn't help but shrink, just like his heart.
"... Brother William asked you to hold back and only send a few to lead part of the spirit masters down below to safeguard us. I know his words sound crazy, but I trust him! He is trying to help, and I can't understand most of his logic and actions, yet he is capable!"
Without feeling it, the old man stole a gaze towards his son before shaking off his head in a helpless way.
This weird gaze left all the elders here baffled, all but one, the fourth elder.
He already guessed that Berry's last words must be speaking about that kid he t previously. William stated it clear to him, he wasn't doing this for the clan's sake, but for Berry.
That ant the two held affectionate feelings for each other. Or else Berry wouldn't have stuck to his side like this.
"What? What does she say?" Berry's father wasn't in the mood to get how weird his father was looking at him. He was dying inside to know what his only daughter wrote before throwing her life away like this.
"Just shut up! She isn't throwing away her life," the old man could guess what his son had in mind right now, and he could tell Berry didn't intend to do so from what he read.
If she planned to do so, then after the perfect start she'd have continued by adding the familiar lines of how she loved them and how she hoped they'd live happily after her departure.
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